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The abolition of slavery in France was enacted with the Decree abolishing Slavery of 27 April 1848 . In particular Martinique was the first French overseas territory in which the decree for the abolition of slavery actually came into force, on 23 May 1848. [8] Gabon was founded as a settlement for emancipated slaves. [9]
By the late 18th century, France had several colonies in the West Indies and the Indian Ocean whose economies were reliant on slave labor. In 1788, Jacques Pierre Brissot and Étienne Clavière founded the Society of the Friends of the Blacks, an organization dedicated to the abolition of slavery.
The second general abolition of slavery took place on 4 February 1794, when slavery was abolished in all French territories and possessions, during the convention, the first elected Assembly of the First Republic (1792–1804), under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre, abolished slavery in law in France and its colonies.
Three deputies from Saint Domingue traveled to France to attempt to persuade the National Convention to abolish slavery. The National Convention abolished slavery after hearing speeches from the deputies on 4 February 1794. [83] However, the Committee of Public Safety delayed sending the proclamation to the colonies for two months. That was ...
Commissioner Leger-Felicite Sonthonax abolishes slavery in the northern part of the colony. His colleague Etienne Polverel does the same in the rest of the territory in October. Upper Canada: Importation of slaves banned by the Act Against Slavery. 1794 France: Slavery abolished in all French territories and possessions. [87] United States
France’s highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. ... Slavery was abolished in ...
The society's aim was to abolish both the institution of slavery in the France's overseas colonies and French involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. The society was founded in Paris on 19 February 1788, and remained active until autumn 1791. [ 1 ]
He immediately declared the abolition of slavery on Guadeloupe, which quickly led to most of the island's Black population, both free and enslaved, coming over to his side. Hugues's forces captured Pointe-à-Pitre from the British on 26 May, and retook control of all of Guadeloupe on 6 October when he forced a British force of 800 white ...